Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area
Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 1,159 m. Mount Emily stands 1,859 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Springs Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.4 miles away. Grande Tour passes 21 miles off. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1159 m
How to reach it
- 20.8 mi off the Grande Tour
- 23.4 mi off the Hells Canyon, National
Overlooks nearby
- Foothill Road Viewpoint · 28 mi
115 named places within 25 miles
- Emigrant Hill: 5.6 mi
- Pinchot Peak: 6.9 mi
- Cabbage Hill: 7.6 mi
- Butcher Point: 8.1 mi
- Tillicom Point: 8.3 mi
- Wetlands Community Park: 13.2 mi
- Adams City Park: 16.7 mi
- Loiland Baseball Field: 16.8 mi
- Hilgard Junction State Park: 17.3 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 17.8 mi
- Wagon: 0.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Grande Ronde RIver Dam: 22.4 mi
- Union Pacific La Grande Engine Shops: 22.6 mi
- Old La Grande Highschool marker: 22.9 mi
- acajawea Spring: 11.3 mi
- North Flat Spring: 11.4 mi
- Patúšway Spring: 20.1 mi
- Shamrock Springs: 21.6 mi
- Tamastslikt Cultural Institute: 12.9 mi
- Heritage Station Museum: 18.4 mi
- Children's Museum of Eastern Oregon: 18.4 mi
- Umatilla County Museum: 18.4 mi
- Springs Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
- Oregon Trail Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
- Oregon Trail Interpretive Park: 11.8 mi
- Deadman Pass Rest Area I-84 Eastbound: 4.8 mi
- Deadman Pass Rest Area I-84 Westbound: 5.1 mi
- Viewpoint, I-84 Eastbound: 9.6 mi
- Spring Mountain Cliffs: 11.9 mi
- Devils Slide: 21.2 mi
- Yellowhawk Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- La Grande Community Garden: 23.5 mi
- Til Taylor: 18.3 mi
- Statue of Madame Stella Darby: 18.5 mi
- Pendleton Underground Tour: 18.5 mi
- Union County Fairgrounds: 21.6 mi
- Pendleton Adventure Trails Recreation Area: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Emily | ESE 111° | 1,859 m | 18.9 mi |
| Thimbleberry Mountain | E 84° | 1,697 m | 14.4 mi |
| Spout Springs | NE 54° | 1,677 m | 24.9 mi |
| Green Mountain | ESE 106° | 1,662 m | 14.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,660 m | 11.2 mi |
| McIntyre | NE 42° | 1,616 m | 24.7 mi |
| Rocky Bedground | ENE 78° | 1,613 m | 15.9 mi |
| The Knob | E 98° | 1,565 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:27 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 20:01 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:24 | 16:14 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 35 | 41 | 48 | 54 | 60 | 59 | 52 | 43 | 35 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meacham, 2 mi away.
- Western Ponderosa Pine51 obs
- Pacific yew43 obs
- lodgepole pine30 obs
- Engelmann spruce28 obs
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee28 obs
- Douglas-fir25 obs
- thimbleberry23 obs
- American Robin22 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/517517952
Day trips start here
- Pendleton · 19 mi
- Milton-Freewater · 28 mi
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